Ecological aesthetic education,a new form of aesthetic education,emerged in response to the construction of an ecological civilization society.Currently,researches on ecological aesthetic education is still in its exploratory stages.It lacks a relatively unified understanding of the concept in the academic community up till now,which requires further research to clarify.Ecological aesthetic education consists of two basic concepts:ecology and aesthetic education.Starting from the linguistic structure of the concept,it is essential to fully elaborate on the two concepts of ecology and aesthetic education,to analyze the different coverage of existing definitions and point out the existing problems.Clarifying the concept of ecological aesthetic education should include three core elements to define.Based on the theory of ecological holism,ecological aesthetic education,taking ecological beauty as the educational content,aims to construct the ecological aesthetic relationship between humans and nature,and to cultivate people's ecological aesthetic literacy,and to promote comprehensive human development through education.Finally,it is necessary to clarify ecological aesthetic education from related concepts.